Abstract

The collection contains the journals and typescript of the journals of Annie Wells Cannon from 30 June 1877 - 1 September 1942, papers, other miscellaneous materials.

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Contains correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, plaques, printed ephemera photographs, and other material created by Elaine Cannon and other members of the Cannon family. The materials document Cannon's church service, writing, and family life. Includes audio and video recordings. Also includes materials created by D. James Cannon, mainly related to his personal life and church service. Materials date from between 1832 and 2003.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of an handwritten diary. Cox writes about her life, comments on her gandchildren, and expresses her opinion of manners and morals.

Scope and Contents These materials were photocopied from microfilm copies of handwritten items. Caroline Crosby wrote about her early life in Massachusetts and Canada. She married Jonathan Crosby in 1834. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1835. She lived in Kirtland, Ohio, and later moved to Indiana. Caroline came to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1843. She later migrated to Utah in 1848. Caroline and her husband were called to the Society Islands as missionaries in 1850 and...

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Hundley writes about her trip from Utah to Texas starting in the spring of 1856. She travels from Salt Lake City, Utah, across Wyoming and then to Texas. She enounters Indians on the way and returns to Bents Fort where she witnessed and Indian dance. She travels until October of 1856. Little is known of Hundley. She might have been a Mormon woman.

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Contains two diaries, one kept by Mary Ann King, dated 1887-1888, and the other by her husband William King, dated 1880-1882. Mary Ann's diary covers the time period during which she accompanied William on his mission to the Sandwich Islands for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. William King's diary discusses his ranching, camping, and traveling activities.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. The author writes about her migration from Arizona to Raymond, Alberta, Canada. On the way, she stayed with her aunt Daisy Dixon in Parowan, Utah. She tells about her daily activities, Church meetings, and a young man who visited her named Jim S.

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The diaries include information about his daily life as a sheep herder. Also mentioned are trips to Mexico and other states in the West. One diary of his mother, Mary Knowlton Coray, is included that tells of her converstion story and her time working in a store.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Snow writes about her life in Nauvoo, Illinois, and her migration across Iowa to Council Bluffs. She left Winter Quarters and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847. She also describes her life in that city. She also includes many of her poems.